<h2>Why Join these Prayers?</h2><p>Is your child, grandchild or relative suffering from addiction? You don&#039;t know how to help?</p><p>This retreat is especially for you! During 3 days, receive prayers and advice on this delicate subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prayer is about helping people to open their minds and hearts to God&#039;s light and love and to come out of their slavery.</p><p><strong>Through prayer we will help victims of drug addictions to move from slavery to the freedom of God&#039;s children!</strong></p><p class="hoz_important"><strong>Click on &#34;JOIN&#34; at the top or right hand side of your screen</strong></p><h2>The Programme</h2><p>For 3 days you will receive:</p><ul><li>A short quote from the Bible 📖</li><li>A commentary from the Bible related to the problem of addiction 🪔</li><li>A piece of advice for the friends and family of victims of addiction ❤</li><li>A prayer to say to conclude the day 🙏</li></ul><p>Click on &#34;JOIN to join this prayer community!</p><h2>Who are we?</h2><p><a href="https://www.stjean-esperance.net/" target="_blank">Saint Jean Espérance</a> (Saint John Hope) is an oasis based in France created by the brothers of St John to welcome  young addicts who want to go from darkness to light so as to live happily without drugs.</p><p><br /></p><p><em>To find out more about St Jean Espérance: <a href="https://www.stjean-esperance.net/" target="_blank"></a></em><a href="https://www.stjean-esperance.net/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.stjean-esperance.net/" target="_blank"><em>https://www.stjean-esperance.net/</em></a><a href="https://www.stjean-esperance.net/" target="_blank"></a><em><a href="https://www.stjean-esperance.net/" target="_blank"></a></em></p><p><em>To find out more about the brothers of St John: </em><a href="https://www.stjean-esperance.net/" target="_blank"><em>https://freres-saint-jean.org/</em></a></p>

Addictions: 3 Days of Prayer & Advice for Friends & Relatives

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And let us not enter into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen

<p>Join us for 9 days in prayer to receive hope and soothing if you have had a miscarriage.</p><p>That your couple, after the trial of the miscarriage, may find peace in God&#039;s love.</p><h2><br /></h2><h2>St Catherine of Sweden</h2><p>St Catherine is the patron saint of parents who have had miscarriages.</p><h2>The Programme</h2><p>For 9 days, everyday, receive:</p><p>-A quote 📖</p><p>-A meditation 🪔</p><p>-A proposed action 💪</p><p>-A concluding prayer 🙏</p><h2>Who wrote this novena:</h2><p>Matthew Chicone is a father of 4 and an online apostle. His faith helped him and his wife overcome difficulties, including miscarriages.</p><p>You may follow him on Instagram at by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thesimplecatholic/?hl&#61;en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">clicking here.</a></p><p><br /></p>

Novena for Parents who had Miscarriages-St Catherine of Sweden

Dear St. Catherine,
Patron of those who have suffered a miscarriage, you know the dangers that await unborn infants. Please intercede for us that we may receive healing from the loss we have suffered.
Our souls have been deprived of peace and we have forgotten what true happiness is.
As we mourn the loss of my child, we place myself in the hands of God and ask for strength to accept His will in all things, for consolation in our grief, and for peace in our sorrow.
Glorious St. Catherine, hear our prayers and ask that God, in good time, grant us a healthy baby who will become a true child of God.
Amen.

<p>People all over the world are living and dying every day without knowing the love of Jesus. Family Missions Company was founded in 1997 to address this injustice. We are an apostolate of lay, Catholic foreign missionaries committed to sharing the Gospel, serving the poor, and making disciples across the globe. When we make real friends with the poor, lives are transformed, hope is restored, and the Kingdom of God grows!</p><p id="isPasted">What leads someone to abandon the comforts of modern life and follow Jesus into mission? Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;VMgKOBq883U&amp;list&#61;PLCeR3RiqRsZpX4u6HvU0tyMTlSa59BkeI"><strong>Call to Mission testimonies</strong></a> of FMC&#039;s missionaries to find out!</p><p>Might God be <a href="https://www.familymissionscompany.com/become-a-missionary/"><strong>calling YOU</strong></a> to be a lay foreign missionary? Schedule an <a href="https://calendly.com/fmcvocations/full-time-missions-inquiry?month&#61;2025-12"><strong>introductory call</strong></a> with us!</p><p>Learn more about FMC and how you can <a href="https://www.familymissionscompany.com/donate/"><strong>support our mission</strong></a> to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth!</p>

Advent Retreat with Family Missions Company

In the Name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Lord, thank You for calling us to participate in Your mission, which is the greatest and holiest duty of the Church.

We thank you for our Baptism, in which You make us partakers of Your own Divine Life.

We thank you for the gift of Confirmation, in which You empower us to become witnesses to Your love and to Your Gospel.

We thank you for the Most Holy Eucharist, in which You give us Yourself as food to nourish and strengthen us.

Help us, Lord, to be courageous, evangelistic missionaries in our everyday lives. Teach us to see You in our brothers and sisters – regardless of race or language. Help us to live our lives in such a way that our words and actions proclaim You as Christ, the Lord.

Bless in special way those missionaries who have given their lives to You, to serve You in difficult and often dangerous situations. Give them the grace each day to be a conduit of Your love and mercy to the poor and those furthest from You. And keep them holy as they spread Your Gospel even to the ends of the earth. 

We ask all of this through the intercession of St. Francis Xavier and St. Therese of the Child Jesus, co-Patrons of Missions.

Amen!

In the Name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

<h2>A Walk of Faith for Valentine&#039;s Day!</h2><p>Now is the time to experience the spirit of Valentine&#039;s Day, by confidently entrusting our desires to live a Christian marriage to St. Valentine, a great martyr and the patron saint of lovers.</p><p>Be assured that we share your hopes and keep your intentions in our hearts every day!</p><h2>The Grace of Love: a Gift from God</h2><ul><li>Pray for yourself: pray that you meet someone in accordance with the Lord &#039;s heart.</li><li>Pray for yourself: entrust God with your desire to live a fruitful Christian marriage.</li><li>Pray for a single person you know who suffers from loneliness.</li><li>Pray for all those who desire to get married.</li><li>Pray that marriages be based on the « Rock of Faith » .</li><li>Pray for young people who are not looking to commit to the Sacrament of Marriage </li><li>Pray that the world regains a deep sense of commitment to sacraments.</li></ul><p>… other ideas? Share them with us!</p><p><strong>St. Valentine will certainly be happy to hear them and present them to the Lord!</strong></p><h2>Commitment</h2><p>Commit yourself to offer your thanks to St. Valentine: if you feel that he answered your prayers, celebrate his Feast Day in a spirit of gratitude for his intercession on your behalf!</p><h2>Click Join to receive the prayers</h2><p><a href="https://hozana.org/en/intentions">Click here to leave your prayer intention.</a></p>

Meet Your Soulmate with the Novena to St. Valentine

Loving Father,
You know that the deepest desire of my heart is
to meet someone that I can share my life with.
I trust in Your loving plan for me and ask that I may soon meet
the person that you have prepared for me.
Through the power of Your Holy Spirit,
open my heart and mind so that I recognize my soulmate.
Remove any obstacles that are in the way of this happy encounter,
So that I might find a new sense of wholeness, joy and peace.
Give me the grace too, to know and accept, if you have another plan for my life.
I surrender my past, present and future into the tender heart of Your Son, Jesus,
full of confidence that You will hear and answer my prayer.
AMEN.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.
St Valentine, pray for me.